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Arab immitation and original
« on: January 21, 2004, 01:23:21 pm »
Hi All,

The firs one is Constans II follis and the second one is Arab- Byzantine fals. Interesting, no?

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Re:Arab immitation and original
« Reply #1 on: January 21, 2004, 04:44:11 pm »
The arabs got the die "mirrored" , I mean backwards- CON written backwards and the obverse has the same characteristics, the emperor is holding the cross in the other hand.
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